Tag: Demonetisation
Demonetisation-hit States, Industry Need More Time For GST: Mitra
Declining to set a dateline for implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday said demonetisation has hugely impacted states' tax revenues, while Indian industry itself required more time to prepare for the new indirect tax regime.....
Woman Strips After Being Unable To Exchange Old Notes At RBI
A 30-year old woman on Wednesday stripped outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office here in protest after she could not exchange her old demonetised currency notes from the central bank for the last three days, police said.....
Rahul To Preside Over Congress National Convention On Wednesday
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will preside over a convention -- Jan Vedna Sammelan -- here on Wednesday to reflect on the sufferings of the people in the wake of demonetisation, a party leader said on Tuesday.....
RBI Hikes ATM Withdrawal Limit To Rs 10,000, Current Account Withdrawal Limits
The RBI on Monday hiked the daily ATM withdrawal limit from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000 and doubled the weekly Current Account withdrawal limit to Rs 1 lakh.....
Demonetisation Makes Hiroshima, Nagasaki Of Indian Economy: Shiv Sena
In a vitriolic attack, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday compared the fallout of demonetisation on the Indian economy with the disaster wreaked by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.....
Urjit Patel Asks Staff To 'zealously Guard' RBI Reputation
Following deep concern expressed by RBI employee unions over alleged government interference in the affairs of the central bank and opposition protests on the issue earlier this week, RBI Governor Urjit Patel has asked staff members to "zealously guard" the integrity of the institution.....
'Where Are The Fake Notes? Even RBI Doesn't Know'
The Reserve Bank of India has admitted it has no confirmed data of the number or value of fake currencies detected since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, a RTI query has revealed.....
10 Lakh Bankers To Strike Work On February 28
Around 10 lakh bankers will now go on strike on February 28 to demand recovery of bank loans that have since turned bad and action against wilful loan defaulters as well as solution to cash crunch post-demonetisation, a top union leader said on Tuesday.....
Trinamool Walks Out Of RS, Alleges Political Vendetta
Trinamool Congress members walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, alleging that the central government was indulging in "politics of vendetta".....
Modi A Political Migrant, Says Akhilesh
Hitting out at the BJP for raking up a "non-issue" of migration from western Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in fact a "real migrant" as he was from Gujarat and had contested the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi.....
